21.   His statement was similar to ones he has made on six previous trips to the region this year, none of which broke the deadlock between the two sides.

22.   Human Rights Watch-Africa monitors spent three weeks in the region this year.

23.   It was the second tremor to strike the region this year.

24.   It was the fourth fatal mining accident recorded in the Ostrava region this year.

25.   Many foreign tourists trek in the Kullu region each year.

26.   Mama Nature was good to this mountain region this year.

27.   Mexico is not the only country losing forests to the thousands of fires that have swept the region this year.

28.   Nerb said the figures also support the argument that the European Central Bank could ease interest rates in the region this year to support growth.

29.   No one claimed responsibility for the incident, which was the seventh time a police officer or other French official was targeted in the volatile Basque region this year.

30.   Police have killed seven communist guerrillas in a northern province in the first major clash in the region this year.